4: Lily Kate wasn't quite sure what to do with the cake. She hadn't eaten many sweets and wasn't used to the flavor. Daddy helped to open the presents because Lily Kate didn't like the tissue paper.

5: Lot of family, friends and neighbors came to Lily Kate's 1st Birthday Party (The Skinners, Wilks, Smelleys, Collins', and Artie were all there!)

6: our sweet baby girl is such a precious gift... we are so in love

8: Merry Christmas

10: 13 months old - Pulls up to standing and cruises around the furniture, claps hands, waves bye-bye, blows kisses and dances to music Lily Kate really likes to pull off her socks, then chew on them. She also learns to climb up stairs, then promptly falls off the bottom step and knocks her forehead on the floor. | Merry Christmas Baby!

11: New Words: Mama, Dada, Baby, Uh-oh, Bye-bye

12: It's a Smelley Christmas

14: Lily Kate and Bama are thick as thieves. They teach each other how to get into all sorts of mischief!

17: .................................................. | .................................................. | Lily Kate was not a fan of the snow! Heather, her favorite babysitter and neighbor, came over to play too. | First Snow